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‘A summer of travel chaos and delays’ the headlines proclaim. Yes, there’s some guff going on with the central belt trains. Tortuous for commuters, no doubt. Wouldn’t it be nice to turn travel travails into a positive instead? A chance to slow things down? A recent Sunday jaunt to Glasgow […]

This is just a wee quickie, as I wanted to express my gratitude to whoever is the chef at Pintxos (pronounced pim-chos), but not waste too much time in the writing so that you can click away quick-sharp and get on the blower to book. My friends Kathy & Graham suggested […]

From the upcoming June edition of Bite Magazine A confession. Ever since Blythswood Square opened in Glasgow, I’ve been cheating on Edinburgh, having made several trips across the M8 to dine in their restaurant. Set within the former Royal Scottish Au tomobile Club, the hotel mixes art deco glamour with […]

The Silver Fox and I were recently through in Glasgow for a wee overnight, and the places we checked out back up the axiom that ‘good things come in small packages’. To have really gone with the theme, it would have been cool to travel on the Vespa via an […]

It’s the last Sunday of the Fringe Festival, and I’m on a packed train heading West to Glasgow. A little bit of guilt travels with me as I shun The Capital’s final blow-out on the bank holiday weekend. Also vaguely noteworthy is that these words were originally scribbled by hand, […]

AKA George Square, Blythswood Square, and Royal Exchange Square in one evening…art deco and all. These Glasgow files start with a Cockney lad, the Prince of all things Pukka, Mr Jamie Oliver. The some-time chef, one-man media empire and it cannot be denied, lover and champion of good food, has opened […]